Kingdom of Rídearg
Kingdom of Rídearg Ríocht Rútha | |||||||
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~474–1389 | |||||||
Capital | Naomh Áine | ||||||
Common languages | Primitive Meallaign (4th-8th centuries) Old Meallángan (514-917) Early Ruaish (917-1389) Early Middle Götaish (917-1340) Late Middle Götaish (1340-1500) | ||||||
Religion | Cordic Paganism 514-921 Christianity 514-1389 | ||||||
Demonym(s) | Ruaí | ||||||
Government | Tanistry | ||||||
Historical era | Viking Age, Early Christian, Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | ~474 | ||||||
1389 | |||||||
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Today part of | Gotneska |
The Kingdom of Rídearg (Old Meallángan: Ríocht Rídearg) was a kingdom of Cordic Gotneska which existed in the southeastern coast from at least 474 AD. As noted by a early Christian missionary by the name of Saint Palmer, He recorded that the kingdom existed in one of his early writing, but was never able to find a exact starting date. The Kingdom survived until being annexed by the larger Kingdom of Gotneska-Mealláig in 1389.
Etymology
History
Rise of the Dáirine in Rídearg
Christianization of the Realm
The Christianization of Rídearg started with the return of Saint Palmer, sometime around 473 or 474 exact date of his return is debatable. Saint Palmer would spend most of his time In what was Rídearg. Palmer briefly notes the existence of the Kingdom of Rídearg, it is believed he learned what it was called my traveling and Christianizing other part of what is today Gotneska. Palmer would also build his first m
Viking raids and longphorts
The Last Cordic Kingdom
By the end of the 3rd century most of what is today Gotneska was under the control of Yetlandi Empire, a foreign power based in west-central Argis. The Kingdom of Rídearg, was the last cordic based nation to still have full control of its kingdom unlike its neigbors that had all fallen to the foriegn empire coming from the west. Rídearg would fight the Yetlandians until the empire fell and retreated giving up all of its Goteskan claims.
War with Gotneska-Mealláig
The war with KGM last from about 1290 to 1389 when Rídearg was finally conquered by the Kingdom of Gotneska-Mealláig.
Kingship
References
1. ^ “https://www.europans.com/topic/6653-the-ruai-referendum/“ 2022 Ruaí Referendum. Retrieved 14 March 2022